Psalms 17:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A Prayer of David. Hear the right, O Jehovah, attend unto my cry; Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תְּפִלָּ֗ה לְדָ֫וִ֥ד שִׁמְעָ֤ה יְהוָ֨ה ׀ צֶ֗דֶק הַקְשִׁ֥יבָה רִנָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה תְפִלָּתִ֑י בְּ֝לֹ֗א שִׂפְתֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃

Transliteration

Təfillāh to-Dāvid šim'āh YHWH ṣedeq haqšîbāh rinnātî ha'ăzînāh təfillātî bəlō' śiftê mirmāh

Grammar Details

*Təfillāh*: noun, feminine singular construct - prayer
to-*Dāvid*: preposition + proper noun - to/for/by David
*šim'āh*: verb, imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - hear/listen
*YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
*ṣedeq*: noun, masculine singular - righteousness/justice
*haqšîbāh*: verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - pay attention to
*rinnātî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my cry/shout
*ha'ăzînāh*: verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular - give ear to
*təfillātî*: noun, feminine singular + 1st person singular suffix - my prayer
*bəlō'*: preposition + negative particle - with/in not
*śiftê*: noun, feminine plural construct - lips of
*mirmāh*: noun, feminine singular - deceit/treachery

Word Meanings

*Təfillāh*: prayer/supplication
*ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness/what is right
*rinnātî*: my cry/shout/ringing cry/song

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 142:6 : 6 Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.
Ps 61:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; on a stringed instrument. [A Psalm] of David. Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer.
Ps 86:1 : 1 A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
Ps 142:1 : 1 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
Ps 66:19 : 19 But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Ps 145:18 : 18 Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.
Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw nigh [unto me], and with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which hath been taught [them];
Jer 3:10 : 10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not returned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith Jehovah.
Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Matt 15:8 : 8 This people honoreth me with their lips; But their heart is far from me.
John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
1 John 3:21 : 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we have boldness toward God;
2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Neh 1:6 : 6 Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned:
Ps 5:2 : 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.
Ps 7:8 : 8 Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.
Ps 18:20 : 20 Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Ps 18:44 : 44 As soon as they hear of me they shall obey me; The foreigners shall submit themselves unto me.
Ps 43:1 : 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Ps 55:2-3 : 2 Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan, 3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

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